3.1 Objectives

Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

• Describe vegetative methods in which weeds can reproduce.
• Describe the differences between annual and perennial weed reproductive traits.
• Define the concept of carbohydrate flow and how this is applicable to perennial weed management.
• Explain how ecological succession affects the composition of a weed community in a crop field.
• Define Vocabulary Words: simple perennial, creeping perennial, rhizome, stolon, tuber, vegetative propagule, bulb